Cohousing-L Mailing List: New Cohousing Book coming - requests

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Dave Wann Harmony Village  WannDaveJr [at] cs.com
is the author of the message below. 
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
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             A Few More Requests Regarding New Cohousing Book
 
Hello fellow cohousers,
 
Some of you may remember seeing a note on cohousing-L I posted late last
year about the emerging Cohousing Anthology (anybody have a great title?)
to be published in 2004 by Fulcrum Publishing. It was embellished by
Cohousing web magicians and archived at: 
 
http://www.cohousing.org/news/daveWannBook.html
 
Many writers and photographers stepped forward, and the collection is
nearly complete!  However, there are some noteworthy gaps, and I'm hoping
readers of this note can pass the word on about remaining opportunities.


1. FIRST, THE BOOK NEEDS MORE GREAT PHOTOS -- STRONG COMPOSITIONS CAPABLE OF 
REMAINING GREAT IN BLACK & WHITE:

In addition to shots that will accompany specific articles/chapters, I'd
like to have pages devoted exclusively to things like: 

Common Houses

Common meals

Work Parties

Meetings (I remember seeing a great shot of someone's barefoot at a
meeting!)

Kids playing

People hanging out in public areas

Great community landmarks (e.g., we have a great mission bell tower & bell at 
           Harmony)
Communities interacting with city councils or other outside-the-neighborhood 
           entities
Celebrations of all descriptions (Easter egg hunts, plays,solstice, Passover, 
           whatever)
 
Surprise me with any favorite shots that are goofy, poignant, eloquent, or 
otherwise must-includes.  ALL GREAT SHOTS SHOWING DAILY LIFE IN COHOUSING 
WELCOME!

 

I'd love to be able to receive community photo collections on CDs, saved
as 300 dpi JPEGs or TIFs with a photo size of 4" by 3"  Or I could
also review, reimburse for expenses and return collections of great prints
or slides. Or email me some shots at 
wanndavejr [at] cs.com, a few at a time. 

My mailing address is 

Dave Wann
1015 Cottonwood Circle
Golden, CO 80401


2. THE BOOK NEEDS A FEW MORE GREAT WRITING/PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THESE 
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS: DIVERSE ETHNIC GROUPS, KIDS, PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN-BASED 
COHOUSING COMMUNITIES IN STATES SUCH AS GA, NC, VA,AZ.

Since we also have a need for a potentially humorous story about how
consensus worked/did't work in a specific case, maybe there's a
non-"white" person who lives in one of the above states who can tell a
story about consensus.  Failing that, maybe an Asian, African-American,
Hispanic (or "other")  cohouser could tell a story about how cohousing
does or does not lend itself to diversity (in this case, not economic or
age diversity, but specifically ethnic diversity). 

I'd love to have great artwork from kids and other cohousers, and I'd love
to have another great story written by one of cohousing's younger
citizens: Why it's fun and/or awful to live in cohousing. 

3. I LOVE A FEW OF THE COVER SHOTS FOR 2 COHOUSING JOURNAL ISSUES: 

-- Summer, 1998 showing kids baking;

-- Fall 2001, showing a boy standing on (his dad's ?) shoulders.  
 
Does anyone know where these pictures came from?
 
Thanks for your interest and cooperation.  This will be a lively book, of
interest to anyone. Paul Ray, author of The Cultural Creatives, has agreed
to write the foreword, and the general theme of the book will be Creating
New Ways of Living. I'll let you know when publication happens (probably
summer/fall 2004). 

Cheers,

Dave Wann

Harmony Village




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